As the US/NATO moves East, Russia maneuvers West: Russia regains control of radio facility in Cuba’s Lourdes base

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 This has geopolitical ramifications which can now be heard from Moscow to Washington D.C.. America’s arrogant policies has forced Russia’s hand. America has encircled Russia with NATO military forward bases and ABM systems and listening stations. She has moved her forces roughly 40 to 60 miles from Russia proper.

This is an act of war. This is a serious security threat coming from the one nation that wants to balkanize and war with her to remove what she perceives as a threat. Russia knows that this is America’s plan.

It is no wonder it was said that….”There is still the cold war in Berlin, between America and Russia and in other parts of Europe, to be reckoned with.”–pg.231(tfoa)

Messenger Elijah Muhammad then tell us that….”Russia and America are after each other under their skin. Russia is pretty smart. America is as smart. “–pg.54(o.s.h.a.)

Now Russia has reopened a former military base in Cuba, just some 90 miles from the US state of Florida. This has very serious implications ,because if Russia moves defense systems and heavy weaponry, this would negate any military advantage America may enjoy in Europe with her ABM system.

I have a feeling that the recent trip made by Russian President Vladamir Putin was to show America that they still can harm US interests. It was also to cement Russian investment(and its hold over Cuba) and to cancel out Cuba’s debt in exchange for the use of these facilities. Geopolitics played masterfully!

Russia regains control of radio facility in Cuba’s Lourdes base

Archive. Photo: RIA Novosti
Russia has retrieved the main Soviet radio interception facility – the signals intelligence center in Cuban Lourdes, the Kommersant newspaper wrote on Wednesday. “The decision to return to Cuba can be explained by Russia’s long strengthened financial capabilities, as well as cooling of relations with the US,” sources in the Russian power structures said.

The base on the territory of the USSR’s and Russia’s most consistent ally was built in 1962 and since then, has been repeatedly renewed, satisfying the need for interception of information from American communication satellites, ground-based telecommunications cables and wiretapping the NASA’s Mission Control Center on Cape Canaveral. This is facilitated by its location in the Western part of the island, only 250 kilometers from Florida’s coast.
In 2001, unexpectedly for the Cubans, Russia refused to use the center, which, according to the then Minister of Defense of Cuba Raul Castro, at the moment of the collapse of the USSR provided up to 75 percent of intelligence information.
The center was closed after Vladimir Putin visited it together with Fidel Castro in December, 2000, and while speaking to the staff stated “the importance of the facility for ensuring Russia’s security, the need to support its activities and development prospects.” But a year later, head of the Russian General Staff Anatoly Kvashnin made a statement that the center in Lourdes was not important, was costly, and its functions could be easily transferred to modern satellites.
Cubans were able to maintain the center, having created a scientific center on its basis. Since 2004, after the deterioration of relations with the US, Russia began to consider the possibility of returning to Cuba. The talks were sharply intensified at the beginning of this year and successfully completed during Putin’s visit to Havana.

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